Valerie Bertinelli He looks forward to starting over in the new year.
In a recent post on her Instagram Story, the 64-year-old Food Network star shared a video with an inspiring message for her fans. The video shows a white banner hanging on a lamppost that reads, “2025 is the perfect year to forget your past, forgive yourself, and start over.”
The “Valerie's Home Cooking” host has had her share of ups and downs over the past year. Throughout all her struggles, she has kept her fans updated, posting her dark moments on Instagram.
In November, Bertinelli shared with her fans that she had a sudden anxiety attack, telling her followers that she chose to share because she was “pretty sure I'm not the only one here who's had this.”
Bertinelli encouraged her followers to start fresh in the new year. (Wece Eubanks/NBC Universal via Getty Images; Valerie Bertinelli Instagram)
Valerie Bertinelli is “proud” of her body after “64 years of gravity”
She said the panic attack left her shaking for hours as she tried “my best meditation and EMDR method to get out of this situation.”
“Part of me is fascinated by what the human body is capable of when our emotions can get in the way or override any reasonable thought, and another part of me is curious about how it all works,” she wrote in the caption. “You know the weird neuropathies in our brains and how they affect our bodies, and what emotions are (which is just information by the way) and why they are so powerful that they cause our bodies to go into overdrive.”
Shortly before sharing that she had a panic attack, Bertinelli posted a photo of herself with A huge wound on her arm At the end of October.
“I was going to ask for hazard pay, but that was my mistake,” she wrote in the caption. “I've been working on a really fun new project and I can't wait to tell you about it. This is what happens when you literally trip in the corner of the stage and fall to the ground in front of the crew. And the whole audience.”
Bertinelli injured her arm when she fell off the stage. (David Livingston/Getty Images)
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“When you're me,” she jokingly added, before calling herself a “klutz” and saying “embarrassing myself is my thing.”
The “Hot In Cleveland” actress also made positive changes in her life this year. Give up alcohol They live a sober lifestyle. After choosing to participate in “Dry January” at the beginning of the year, the actress realized the benefits of staying sober, and choosing to maintain the lifestyle.
“Even with life's struggles and how hard life can be, I find it easier to become clearer faster about what I need to do and take care of my life,” she explained to People magazine in July. “I feel good when I wake up in the morning. I'm not groggy. I'm not tired. I'm not thinking, 'What did I do last night?'
She told People magazine in April that alcohol was part of her “tool kit to calm down and ignore s—” that she had to confront following her divorce from ex-husband Tom Vitale in 2022.
“There was a lot of sadness in my life, and alcohol amplified it,” she said.
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Bertinelli gave up alcohol in 2024. (Nicole Unique)
These realizations inspired her decision to live a sober lifestyle, explaining that it would help her live a better life.
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“(that it) It keeps me honest about my feelings “And being honest about my mental health journey and the work I want to do there. I say all the time, if I'm lucky, I have 20 more years left, and I want them to be the best,” she added. The best years of my life. And I don't want to do what I've been doing for the past 64 years.
“I want a better, cleaner, cooler, more exciting way to get out of the last 20.”
